2.6.33-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
commit d8e4ebf8b603bdcd091540e6b5bddf0dec10d516 upstream.
Fix oops caused by dereferencing field->hidinput in cases where
the device hasn't been claimed by hid-input.
Reported-by: Andreas Demmer <mail@andreas-demmer.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/hid/hid-gyration.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-gyration.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-gyration.c
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ static int gyration_input_mapping(struct
static int gyration_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value)
{
- struct input_dev *input = field->hidinput->input;
+
+ if (!(hdev->claimed & HID_CLAIMED_INPUT) || !field->hidinput)
+ return 0;
if ((usage->hid & HID_USAGE_PAGE) == HID_UP_GENDESK &&
(usage->hid & 0xff) == 0x82) {
+ struct input_dev *input = field->hidinput->input;
input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, 1);
input_sync(input);
input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, 0);
--